"the FLN muslisms tortured civilians and kids as well as the french army" -- Yes, more over the FLN did it first and worse. BUT the point is the French lost the war (and their soul) because they stupidly did the same. See end of 1° part at 47mn30, Paul Aussaresses : "Oui, on est tombé dans le panneau". And 3° part 27mn : "c'est pas efficace, au contraire..."

Hello Napoléon !

Thank You for uploading these file - it´s one of the best documentations I ever saw about the war in Algeria.

Anyway - I was unable to download the cinepac - version of part 1+2.

Part 3 worked fine as well as the ogg - versions.

When you download the Cinepack you get the part 3 first while you expect part 1+2 as it´s in the download list.

There must be a minor problem.

Anyway - it´s not propaganda but very good documentation about a forgotten war.

Thanx again and greetings

Whereas we can't expect a proud nationalist named "Napoleon" to feel otherwise, it was not the intention of the filmmakers to present a straight-up history, and they were under no obligation to present the crimes of Algerians.

The idea here was that the French were the occupiers and therefore the aggressors, and this war has been swept under the rug of France (while France hypocritically makes it a crime if you feel there was no Armenian "genocide"). The interviews with the veterans were very powerful; how can it be propaganda if we get the events directly related by the French military men who were there??

Two links shed more light on this documentary:

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Algerian_Film_14920.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104374/

Of further interest: This 1992 film's author, Patrick Rotman, would go on to write the screenplay of a feature film based on the subject entitled "L'ennemi intime" (Intimate Enemies). A Reuters story [http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL0464123620071004] infotms us that "Director Florent-Emilio Siri... also shows the brutality of nationalist 'fellaghas', including the massacre of an entire village suspected of harboring collaborators or the face of a man whose nose and lips they have cut off for the crime of smoking."
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the FLN muslisms tortured civilians and kids as well as the french army.